The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1757028552

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135495

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XV, 152 Seiten; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Employment and wages in agriculture

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NUMBERS OF PERSONS RETURNED AS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND AND WALES AT EACH PoruraTion CENsUs, 1871-1921. (a) Males. Farmers, graziers - Relatives assisting in the work of the farm, Farm bailiffs, fore. | men, Shepherds - - Agricultural Labourers, Farm Servants. In charge of cattle, In - charge of horses. Not distinguished Totals 1871.% 1881. | 1801. 225,569 76,466 203,329 75.197 201,918 67.287 16.476 | 19,377 | 18,205 23.323 | 29.844 | 21,573 | 808.731 | 807,608] 734,984 1,240,565|1,128.355/1.043.967| 1901 1911. 1921. 202,751 89.165 208,761 97.689 244,653 80,257 29 623 29,141 22,462 11,240 25,354 20,838 ¥ (81,302 | 154,377 _ 348,072 59,382 113,616 425,063 | 376,331 | 128.122 923,644 | 971,708 | 907,941 (b) Females. Farmers, graziers - farm bailiffs, fore- men. Shepherds : Agricultural Labourers, Farm, Servants, In charge of cattle. [n charge of horses. [ Not distinguished J Totals 1871.%+ 1881. 1891. 901. | 1011. 1921. 24,338 | 20,614 21,692 21,548 | 39 20,027 | 19,440 25 217 49 12 3,797 10,603 313 21,349 33.272 | 51.964 58,124 40,346 24,150 5 8,149 82,462 | 60,960 | 45.842 | 33.550 * Excluding horticulture. T Figures for 1871 include the retired. Note—Returns of female relatives assisting in the work of the farm have not peen collected each year. The figures for 1901, 1911, and 1921 were 18,618, 56,856, and 15,384, but the changes between these years seem abnormal, and she figures are probably not really comparable. It will be observed from the table that the number of persons described as ‘ Farmers, graziers,” increased between 1911 and 1921 by some 35,000. This wag wholly due to an increase in the number described ag « Farmers, etc., working on their own account or as employees,” which rose from 83,305 persons (male and female) in 1911 to 125,280 in 1921. The number of employers, on the other hand, fell from 145,483 to 138,813. So far as is known, these figures are substantially comparable, but the increase in farmers working on their own account or as

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